Jones Family Tomb in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, New Inn, Torfaen

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6855 / 51°41'7"N

Longitude: -2.9985 / 2°59'54"W

OS Eastings: 331070

OS Northings: 198996

OS Grid: ST310989

Mapcode National: GBR J5.54GC

Mapcode Global: VH79S.ZW6S

Plus Code: 9C3VM2P2+5J

Entry Name: Jones Family Tomb in the churchyard of St Mary's Church

Listing Date: 7 August 1997

Last Amended: 7 August 1997

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 18731

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300018731

Location: In the churchyard of the Church of St Mary about 25m south of the south porch.

County: Torfaen

Town: Pontypool

Community: New Inn

Locality: Panteg

Built-Up Area: Pontypool

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Tomb

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History

The style of the tomb suggests a date of c1865, but the earliest legible inscription is 1878.

Exterior

Chest tomb of grey limestone in the Gothic style. Vermiculated base, moulded plinth. Corners with dog-tooth ornamentation. Rolled cornice, stepped cap with relief cross. Long sides have sunk panels with inscriptions to the Jones family, on one side to Thomas and Rachel Jones, the date is illegible but is probably c1865. On the other side a better preserved inscription to Martha Jones, died 1878 and her brother William Lewis Jones also died 1878. Both were the children of Thomas and Rachel Jones.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with the Church of St Mary, and as a good and well preserved example of a mid/late C19 monument in the Gothic style.

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Jones Family Tomb in the churchyard of St Mary's Church

A Grade II Listed Building in New Inn, Torfaen